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eMOLT Update 2023-07-28
Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring
This week, we completed our installations in support of Massachusetts
DMF’s Cape Cod Bay Study Fleet program. Vessels participating in this
program deploy dissolved oxygen sensors to track the seasonal
development of hypoxic zones in Cape Cod Bay. Behind the scenes, the
team at Lowell Instruments turned on the data pipeline from eMOLT
participants in this program to DMF’s online
dashboard. This means the data from these systems flows seamlessly
to the data visualization tool developed by DMF and available to the
public (see the snapshot below).

Plankton Bloom
Scientists in the region are tracking the development of a plankton
bloom in the Gulf of Maine. We will be working with some colleagues at
UMaine to install some dissolved oxygen sensors up north over the next
few weeks. In the meantime, if you fish in the western Gulf and start
noticing anything weird, please feel free to reach out.
Acknowledgements
Thanks this week to Captain Frank for helping get the F/V Sarah K’s
eMOLT system online. In addition to running up to the hardware store to
grab some screws I forgot to bring, Frank also graciously welcomed Simonne
Dodge, a science communications intern at WHOI to come aboard and
grab some information for her upcoming write up about eMOLT.
Thanks also to Jeff, Joaquim, and Nick at Lowell Instruments for
completing the data pipeline from our deckboxes to Mass DMF’s
website.
Forecasts
NECOFS Bottom Temperature Forecasts


Doppio Bottom Temperature Forecasts

Announcements
The Woods Hole
Science Stroll is back on this year! On August 12, we welcome anyone
who’s interested in meeting scientists and learning more about the work
we do to come down to Water Street in Woods Hole. In addition to the
Cooperative Research Branch staff many of you already know and other
NOAA Fisheries scientists staff from other scientific organizations will
be around giving demos of hardware and explaining their research. We’d
be happy to have you stop in! Participating organizations include:
- Marine Biological Laboratory
- US Coast Guard
- US Geological Survey
- Woodwell Climate Research Center
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution …and more!
The Commercial
Fishing Business Cost Survey is live for vessel owners to provide
feedback on the economic realities faced by people who run fishing
businesses. The survey closes July 31.
The Commercial
Fishing Crew Survey is an opportunity for crewmembers and hired
vessel operators to provide information about the social and economic
well-being of commercial fishing vessel crews and better understand how
management and environmental change affect important, socially
vulnerable groups.
All the best, George and JiM
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